Self-fitting petticoat.



W. & S. N. EPSTEIN.

SELF FITTING PETTICOAT.

APPLICATION FILED use. 22. 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFH E- I WILLIAM EPSTEIN AND SAMUEL N. EPSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SELF-FITTING PETTICOAT.

Application filed December 22, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, TILLIAM ErsTEIN, a citizen of the United States, and SAMUEL Ers'rnIN, a subject of the Czar of Russia, both residents of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Self-Fitting Petticoat, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to wearing apparel, and its object is to provide a new and improved skirt or petticoat arranged to readily conform to different sized waists at the same time insuring a proper fitting and hang of the garment especially over the hips.

In order to accomplish the desired result the waistband is provided with non-elastic front and rear portions, and elastic hip bands attached to the non-elastic front and back portions of the waistband, the front and back panels of the petticoat being rigidly attached at their upper ends to the said non-elastic front and rear portions of the waistband and the hip panels being atta ched at their upper ends to the said elastic hip bands.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the petticoat; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional perspective view of part of the petticoat and showing more particularly the connection of the elastic hip band to the non-elastic portion of the waistband and the hem at the upper end of the corresponding hip panel.

The body of the skirt or petticoat is formed of the single front panel A, the back panels B, B and the hip panels C, C fastened together along their adjacent edges. The back panels B and B are provided with the usual placket D having fastening devices E, E for closing the overlapping edges of the placket, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1. The waistband of the petticoat is formed of a non-elastic front portion F, non-elastic rear Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

Serial No. 808,186.

portions, F", F and elastic hip bands F F connected at their ends by fastening devices G to the adjacent ends of the nonelastic front and rear portions F, F and F, F to complete the waistband. The upper end of the front panel A is attached to'the non-elastic front portion F of the waistband, and in a similar manner the upper ends of the back panels B and B are rigidly secured to the non-elastic rear portions F and F of the waistband. It will also be noticed that the fastening devices E for the placket are at the adjacent overlapping ends of the rear waistband portions F and F The upper ends of the hip, panels O and C terminate in hems O C through which extend loosely the elastic bands F and F*, the said hems G O being gathered to provide the desired fullness of the panel C, C over the hips of the user and to allow expansion of the gathered hems C 0 on fitting the garment to a waist larger in size than the size of the waistband at the time the elastic bands F F are in their normal contracted position. It will be noticed that by the arrangement described the waistband is free to expand to fit waists of different sizes and at the same time provision is made, by the gathered hems C C to allow expansion of the upper ends of the panels C and C to insure the proper hang of the garment especially over the hips of the wearer.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A skirt, comprising a front panel, back panels having a placket between them, hip panels of the same length as the front and back panels, and a waistband to which the front and back panels are secured, said waistband having interposed therein at opposite sides elastic strips, which are approximately of the same width as the waistband and of a length less than the width of the upper ends of the hip panels, the hip panels having their upper ends disconnected with the front and back panels for a short distance below their ends and provided at said ends with hems through which elastic strips of the waistband loosely pass,

whereby the hems of the hip panels and the names to this specification in the presence portions thereof directly below the hems of two subscribing witnesses.

will be gathered to give fullness t0 the upper WILLEAM EPSTEIN. ends of the hip panels to insure a proper SAMUEL N. EPSTEIN. hang of the skirt over the hips of the lVitnesses: wearer. TI-IEo. Gr. HOSTER,

In testimony whereof we have signed our PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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